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Clinical Trial
. 1995 Jun;21(6):511-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF01706205.

Effects of theophylline on renal insufficiency in neonates with respiratory distress syndrome

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Clinical Trial

Effects of theophylline on renal insufficiency in neonates with respiratory distress syndrome

F Huet et al. Intensive Care Med. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

We report here 6 cases of critically ill newborn infants with both RDS and acute renal insufficiency, unresponsive to conventional treatment (furosemide, dopamine). Theophylline, an adenosine antagonist, has been shown to prevent hypoxemia-induced renal insufficiency in rabbits and our patients thus received compassionately a low-dose of theophylline (1 mg . kg-1 i.v.). Urinary water excretion and creatinine clearances increased significantly in 5 out of 6 neonates, thus suggesting a beneficial role of theophylline in neonatal prerenal failure.

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